Attachment for fence-machines



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Y W. H. H. FAUBER. ATTAGHMENT POE PENGE MACHINES.

Patented Jam-1'7, 1888.

WITNESSES? PATENT @rrrca.

WV. HARRY FAUBER, OF MARSHFIELD, INDIANA.

ATTACHMENT FOR FENCE-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,6l5, dated January17, 1888. Application filed April 16, 1887. Se1ial No. 235,018. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern- Be it known that I, W. H. HARRYFAUBER. ofthe town of Marshfield, county of Warren, and State of Indiana, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvementsin Attachments forFence-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention consists in certain improvements, in theparticulars'indicated, upon that shown and described in my LettersPatent N 0. 359,778, dated March 22,1887, whereby the supporting andspacing of the slats or pickets of the fenceis rendered more certain andaccurate, as will be hereinafter more particularly described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made apart hereof, andon which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1is a side view of afence-building machine embodying my said invention,said view being substantially identical with Fig. 4 of the drawings ofsaid Letters Patent, except in so far as my present construction issubstituted for that therein shown; Fig. 2, a

vertical sectional view of the upper end of said machine on an enlargedscale; Fig. 3, a

perspective view of my combined claw-sup port, buffer, and spacerseparately, and Fig. 4, aview similar to a portion of Fig. 2, except inarrangement.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the main post .ortwister-board of the machine; 13, a gage for the tops of the slats orpickets, and 0 my improved support, buffer, and spacer.

The machine generally, including the post or twister-board A, may eitherbe of the construction shown in my aforementioned Letters Patent or anyother suitable construction, and not being the subject of my presentinvention, will not be further described herein. The gage B also issimilar to that shown in said Letters Patent, and, except that a gage isnec-v essary to the most perfect working of my present invention, doesnot particularly relate thereto.

The combined claw support, buffer, and spacer consists of a bolt, 0,spools or washers O, and a nut, G The bolt 0 passes through the post ortwister-board A, as shown, in that direction which brings its headtoward the slats or pickets during the operation of build ing the fence.The head should be of considerable size, and is provided with the teeth0, which, when brought against a slat or picket with the usual force,will enter it and hold it firmly to position. There are preferably twoor more of the spools or washers O, and they are formed, preferably, ofwood. These serve to constitute the device an adjustable spacer. Vhen itis desired to change the spacing, this device is detached 'from the postor twisterboard, one or more of these spools or washers removed, thedevice returned to place, and the removed spools or washers placed overthe bolts on the opposite side, thus bringing the head nearer to orfarther from the post or twister-board, as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 2 these spools or washers are shown as all on one side of thebolt-head, which is thus arranged at the extreme distance from the postor twistenboard. In Fig. 4 I show these spools or washers divided andthe bolt-head brought nearer to said post or twister-board.

My machine generally operates substantially as described in myaforementioned Letters Patent. In said Letters Patent, however, thespring-clamp,which was employed to hold the pickets up, I have found tobe less efficient sometimes than is desirable, as it does not alwayshold the slats or pickets firmly up against the gage, nor readily takein those of different thicknesses, while they are less easily andquickly placed in position than with my present device. The buffers andspacers also were defective, in that the nuts which supported or securedthem in position frequently worked loose, and, there being no device bywhich the adjustment of all of them could be uniformly determined, theusers would frequently suifer a slight variation in adjustment to occur,which, as will be readily seen, in a short time affected theperpendicularity of the slats or pickets to an appreciable degree, andthe users of the machines not always being mechanics, frequently did notunderstand how to remedy this defect. It will be noticed in this connection that all the buffers and spacers in my present invention are alike,except that the upper one is provided with teeth,which enter the wood ofthe slat or picket, and thus serves also as a support. Therefore,when anadj ust- ICO ment is to be effected, the spools or washers either beingof precisely equal size or easily distinguishable, there is no liabilityof an un equal adjustment.

The peculiar advantage of my clawsupport in connection with the gagewill be understood from the following statement: After the slat o1picket has been driven into the bight of the wires, and just as thetwist is being made, the wires on one side of the picket move up andthose on the other side move down. As the wires on the opposite sidesbind against the slat or picket, it necessarily follows that they willslip on one side or the otherin making the twist, thus carrying thepicket up or down, as the case may be, unless rigidly held to position.

The gage in my machinc,as heretofore constructed, will always preventthe slat or picket from moving up, but the spring would not always keepit from moving down. My clawsupport, however, as shown in this presentinvention,cntcrs the wood and holds the slat or picket firmly inposition. The gage, then, in my present invention is mainly forconvenience in securing a proper alignment of the top of the fence, thepractice being. when a slat or picket is first inserted, to bring it upagainst this gage,where it is first temporarily sccu red by forcing itlightly into engagement with the teeth of the claw-support. (which maybe done by striking it a slight blow with the hand just opposite saidsupport,) and to hold it in position during the operation of drawing themachine back and forcing it forward, thus driving the slat or picketinto the bight of the wires and increasing the engagement of the teeththerewith, so that it shall be firmly held while the twist is made inthe wires which secures it in position as an inte gral part of thefence.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with a fence-machine,

of a claw-support secured to a suitable part thereof and arranged toengage with the slat or picket, whereby said slat or picket is held inthe desired position during the twisting, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a wire-fence Inaehine,with the other mechanism,of a gage for determining the position of the slat or picket, and aclaw-support for supporting it in said position during the operation ofsecuring it into the fence.

3. A support for slats or pickets in forming wire-and-picket fence,consisting of a projecting bolt or arm having a head provided withteeth, said support being mounted on a suitable part of thefence-machine and arranged for the said teeth to enter the wood of theslat or picket being operated upon.

4. In afence-machine, the combination,with the part carrying thetwisting mechanism, of a claw-support projecting therefrom in advance ofsaid twisting mechanism, whereby said picket is held during thetwisting.

5. The combination, in a fence-machine, of a part carrying the twistingmechanism, said twisting mechanism, a gage, B, mounted at the top ofsaid part carrying the twisting mechanism,and aclaw-support, buffer,andspacer also secured to said part, substantially as set forth.

6. Inafenceanachinqthe combination ofthc main post or twister-board,gage B, mounted at the top of said twister-board, and a series ofadjustable buffers and spacers mounted below said gage, one of saidbuffers and spacers being provided with teeth, whereby it is cnabled tosupportthe pickets in position while being operated upon,substantiallyas set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Marshlield,Indiana, this 11th day of April, A. D. 1887.

\V. H. HARRY FAUlLilt.

